Women (Page 12)

europa donna malta

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Europa Donna Malta is an advocacy and support group for breast cancer patients and its members include patients, survivors and family members. We have been supporting women and men for the past 30 years. When a person is diagnosed with breast cancer, they need support throughout their journey especially after going through surgery and treatment. This is where Europa Donna Malta steps in.  We offer counselling by professional counsellors, as well as organise group sessions where members are welcome to share their stories and experiences. We also organise lectures for health professionals and the general public to help raise awareness. All our services are free of charge and areRead More…

metoomalta

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Featuring brave women’s #metoomalta experiences to raise awareness about the extensive psychological damage that sexual assault causes on its victims… Trigger warning: sexual assault, rape. When Francesca Fenech Conti, administrator of the group Women for Women (Malta) on Facebook shared a personal disclosure of sexual assault, she wasn’t prepared for what happened next…message after message flooded her inbox with real, raw experiences from women who have experienced sexual assault and rape in their lifetimes. Many women finally found the courage to open up anonymously about their own painful experiences from the past, some of which were childhood sexual traumas, with some of the women speakingRead More…

romantic expectations

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The “happy-ever-after” in a long lasting relationship seems to be elusive. This could be the result of pre-built romantic expectations … I read regularly on Women for Women (Malta) comments like “Where are all the good men?” “Is it possible for a 30+ year old to find a relationship which is not just for sex?” “I am going through a rough patch and it seems I can’t take a leap of faith in relationships” “My love life was never a good one due to the deep, profound psychological trauma that I had after an abusive relationship” “How can I ever trust again?” In my lineRead More…

Krystle Penza Mvintage

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I’ve always admired trail blazers and women succeeding in male dominated areas or in business. Of course the woman behind the MVintage brand is no exception and I was curiously drawn to find out more about the woman behind this totally local Maltese brand.  Creating a brand like Mvintage from scratch is no easy feat and takes dedication, vision, determination and a strong business acumen.  Meeting Krystle Penza felt like meeting one of my idols, I was starry eyed with admiration. Sitting in the Mvintage coffee shop at their flagship store in Iklin, I felt like I had met a local icon, but also aRead More…

FPAS Malta

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Doctors for Choice Malta, the Women’s Rights Foundation, and Women for Women are proud to announce the launch of our new joint initiative: the family planning advisory service (FPAS) Malta. FPAS is the first pro-choice family planning helpline and advisory service of its kind in Malta, and it is free of charge. FPAS is run by trained volunteers, supported by medical and social professionals, who can provide reliable information to people in Malta on reproductive healthcare and options, including how to access safe abortion and contraception. FPAS volunteers are pro-choice and can help clients whatever their decision.  FPAS aims to overcome barriers and taboos toRead More…

Gaia and Nina Clothing Line

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I just spent a lovely afternoon chatting with another amazing woman – Francesca Pace, an awesome entrepreneur and talented designer and business woman. Her children’s clothing brand Gaia and Nina named after her two daughters is making a name all over the world. “I’m really excited Harrods contacted me too the other day” she tells me enthusiastically. I asked her how this idea came about and she explains that it was due to a health scare she had a few years ago; “I felt the need to start doing something with my children, so I first started by creating an Instagram account and posting photosRead More…

neil agius swimmer

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Lara Vella is swimming champion and anti-pollution activist’s partner – Neil Agius. Neil recently swam from Sicily to Malta in a record-breaking 28 hours, 7 minutes and 28 seconds. Daniela Allen speaks to Lara about how she lived Neil’s epic swim in June and her constant support towards him. “I promised Neil that I would be there all along, until the very end of the swim. And I was,” says Lara as she describes the various moments and emotions that surfaced throughout the swim. “Amongst others, there was also a moment of panic when in the middle of the night in pitch darkness between 3Read More…

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In: Education and Careers, Women

“Soft skills are a requisite to successfully face the constantly changing working scenarios, especially now during the COVID-19 pandemic…” Over the past 10 years, the labor market has become more and more sectorial, creating the opportunity for every professional to specialize in increasingly specific areas. However, in 2020, and even more in the post COVID era, a curriculum vitae full of experience is no longer the only element that guarantees the hiring or professionalism of a person. We are in front of what is defined as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we have learned – the hard way ☹ – that processes can be efficiently managedRead More…

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Recently wham caught up with art gallery owner Christine Xuereb, also known as Christine X to find out more about this very interesting venture: I have always been interested in art – my earliest memory was of me drawing for classmates and my best subjects at school were always art and maths – and although my plan was initially to become an architect, my life choices led me to take up art as my major subject, eventually taking History of Art and Anthropology at university. With my bad memory and lack of interest in the history of art before modern times, I was slacking butRead More…

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“Listen, but don’t be afraid to do something that you are passionate about just because it deviates from “the norm”. If you follow your internal compass, life has a funny way of working out” – Laura Paris Laura Paris recently collaborated with Break the Taboo and Young Progressive Beings to put together a collection of women’s abortion experiences called Dear Decision Makers in the hope of persuading policy makers to listen to women and create debate around Malta’s total abortion ban. Wham caught up with Laura Paris to find out what drives this ambitious young dynamic woman who works as a disease control specialist inRead More…